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Newspaper
Mena Star
Location
Mena, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1899
Page
3
A Baptist church sermon urged accepting Christ as life alongside the Way and Truth. Sunday school reached a record 100 attendees. Methodist Episcopal notes memorial Sunday, decorated for veterans with flags and flowers, two new members added. Warning of a train incident ends with deputy remark. Bystander.
Sunday school progresses well. Mr. Cross on sick list. Mr. Smith builds cottage. Abundant rain and good grass. Strawberries failed this season due to excess yield. Lee Edward injured cutting foot with scythe. More homesteads available for good citizens. Jack Preston visits then returns to Cassville. Georgia veteran from Co. G visits Clisbee. Annual school election held quietly. plan to build a new school on Bradley place. school to run this summer and fall. A small shingle mill accident injures Clisbee but minor.
Acorn reports residents improving homes with Mr Atkins near completion and Mr Richard Hembree residing in Mena. The Petefish Mill Co dries lumber between showers while Ben Evans plans a fine local house. A new school building committee will meet Saturday to draft bids and set times. The town features multiple fruit patches and farms from Cherry to peaches and grapes amid a growing local boom.
From Rich Mountain, rains have enriched crops and health remains good. The deputy reports heavy business with warrants issued for stray freight trains. The preferred charges involve dismounting the deputy from a caboose and minor damage to his pants. The item ends abruptly with an attribution to an event or statement.
The Kansas City Star notes twelve large iron and steel corporations now control the major U.S. steel sector with capitalization surpassing 1,000 million dollars. Each company consolidates multiple plants across six branches, signaling a move toward a near monopoly rivaling Standard Oil or the Sugar Trust.
Advertises Sutherland's Eagle Eye Salve to relieve sore eyes styes and granulated lids. Claims rapid, effective cure, sold in tubes with a druggist guarantee. Continuous prospector style notice typical of a patent medicine rollout.
Two Texas men conclude a deal trading mining claim interests. A P Hope of Marshal sells half of four claims to W H Hargrove of Palestine and buys half of two claims, planning to relocate family to the city to commence mining operations. Hargrove remains an employee of Pittsburg and Gulf.
The Eagle Eye Salve is advertised for weak eyes and sore eyelids with clear vision claims. Sold by all dealers at 25 cents, the product is promoted as a kingly remedy for various eye conditions and granulated lids.
A blaze at Morrison and Breen planning mill was reported around 1 pm after sparks from the smoke stack ignited the roof. The mill’s fire system quickly sprayed water via a steam pump, and the fire was extinguished with little trouble.
An 19th century advertises Dr Bell Pine Tar Honey as a remedy for lung irritation seen as a precursor to consumption. It promises to strengthen lungs to prevent coughs or colds from settling, sold for % cents at reputable druggists.
Prolonged hunger equates to starvation and death, affecting hair roots. The text describes hair that becomes dry, harsh, brittle, and shedding despite washing and brushing. It argues hunger needs bread, not baths, and ends with a broad, urgent statement about nourishment.
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